Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Control of a power transistor with a drive circuit
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Application No.: US16503113Application Date: 2019-07-03
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Publication No.: US10910822B2Publication Date: 2021-02-02
- Inventor: Bhaskar Ramachandran , Dattatreya Baragur Suryanarayana , Vishal Gupta
- Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Michael A. Davis, Jr.; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Priority: IN201841025235 20180706,IN201841025248 20180706
- Main IPC: H02H3/38
- IPC: H02H3/38 ; H02M3/07 ; H02J7/34 ; G01R19/165

Abstract:
A system includes a first transistor having a first control input and first and second current terminals. The first current terminal couples to an input voltage node. A second transistor has a second control input and third and fourth current terminals. The third current terminal couples to the second current terminal at a first node. The fourth current terminal couples to an output voltage node. A drive circuit is configured to charge a capacitor maintain the first transistor in an off state responsive to a negative voltage on the input voltage node, and, responsive to a negative voltage on the input voltage node, to cause the charge from the capacitor to be used to turn off the first transistor. The system provides a voltage to a load coupled to the output voltage node.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200014192A1 CONTROL OF A POWER TRANSISTOR WITH A DRIVE CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2020-01-09
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